Sunshine don’t cry for us !
Aug. 15th, 2007 by Al
What does solar panel and oil have in common?
It seems like one is the alternative energy and one isn’t and hence solve all our energy problems and everyone is happy..
But wrong guys..solar panels are made from plastics and as you all know plastics are made from oil.How are we going to manufactured solar panels worldwide without oil?
I’m always shocked when people told me about alternative energy sources like solar panels and wind turbines.But they failed to realize the mother of this are fossil fuel.
And even if we can.make panels without oil, can we replaced the energy consumption at the rate we’re going now with alternative sources?
And there you get a market of solar companies sales talk that just trying to create a whole new energy industry with again no clear solution to solve the energy woes.
We must face the facts that no alternative energy can replace the fossil fuel that is supporting our present way of life.No techno quick fix for this one I’m afraid:(
What DO you suggest, Al? I don’t think it’s realistic to say that our energy needs are going to decline, and the population on the planet is continuing to grow.
Margot
Hi margot,
I think the best course of action is to power down and use our present fossil energy
wisely to make the transition over to non-fossil as painless as possible though it’s easier said than done.
People don’t want an alternative lifestyle away from the current fossil based one, they want a replacement of fossil fuel to continue the current one, the way the trend is going:(